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caudillo
confect


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PRONUNCIATION:

(verb: kuhn-FEKT, noun: KON-fekt)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To put together by combining ingredients or materials.
noun: A sweet preparation, such as a candy or a preserved fruit.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin confectus, from conficere (to produce), from com- (intensive prefix) + facere (to make). Earliest documented use: 1540.

USAGE:

“Women of the elite Federal class commissioned special porcelain tableware with [Juan Manuel de] Rosas’s portrait stamped on each piece. A few had neck scarves and gloves with the images of the caudillo confected in Spain.”
Regina A. Root; Couture and Consensus; University of Minnesota Press; 2010.

See more usage examples of confect in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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